Definitions for force
force
force
Spelling: [fawrs, fohrs]
IPA: /fɔrs, foʊrs/
Force is a 5 letter English word.
It's valid Scrabble word worth 10 points.
It's valid Words with friends word worth 11 points.
You can make 54 anagrams from letters in force (cefor).
Definitions for force
noun
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physical power or strength possessed by a living being:
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strength or power exerted upon an object; physical coercion; violence:
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strength; energy; power; intensity:
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power to influence, affect, or control; efficacious power:
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Law. unlawful violence threatened or committed against persons or property.
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persuasive power; power to convince:
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mental or moral strength:
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might, as of a ruler or realm; strength for war.
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Often, forces. the military or fighting strength, especially of a nation.
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any body of persons combined for joint action:
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intensity or strength of effect:
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Physics.
an influence on a body or system, producing or tending to produce a change in movement or in shape or other effects.
the intensity of such an influence. Symbol: F, f.
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any influence or agency analogous to physical force:
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binding power, as of a contract.
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Baseball. force play.
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value; significance; meaning.
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Billiards. a stroke in which the cue ball is forcibly struck directly below the center in such a manner as to cause it to stop abruptly, bound back, or roll off to one side after hitting the object ball.
Idioms
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in force,
in operation; effective:
in large numbers; at full strength:
verb (used with object)
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to compel, constrain, or oblige (oneself or someone) to do something:
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to drive or propel against resistance:
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to bring about or effect by force.
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to bring about of necessity or as a necessary result:
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to put or impose (something or someone) forcibly on or upon a person:
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to compel by force; overcome the resistance of:
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to obtain or draw forth by or as if by force; extort:
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to enter or take by force; overpower:
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to break open (a door, lock, etc.).
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to cause (plants, fruits, etc.) to grow or mature at an increased rate by artificial means.
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to press, urge, or exert (an animal, person, etc.) to violent effort or to the utmost.
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to use force upon.
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to rape.
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Baseball.
to cause (a base runner) to be put out by obliging the runner, as by a ground ball, to vacate a base and attempt to move to the next base in order to make room for another runner or the batter.
to cause (a base runner or run) to score, as by walking a batter with the bases full (often followed by in).
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Cards.
to compel (a player) to trump by leading a suit of which the player has no cards.
to compel a player to play (a particular card).
to compel (a player) to play so as to make known the strength of the hand.
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Photography.
to develop (a print or negative) for longer than usual in order to increase density or bring out details.
to bring out underexposed parts of (a print or negative) by adding alkali to the developer.
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Archaic. to give force to; strengthen; reinforce.
verb (used without object)
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to make one's way by force.
Origin of force
1250-1300; (noun) Middle English Middle French Vulgar Latin *fortia, derivative of Latin fortis strong; (v.) Middle English forcen Anglo-French, Old French forcer, derivative of the noun
Examples for force
Luke Skywalker is an evil robot who has fallen to the dark side of the force.
But let not any man think of carrying this measure by force.
Qasem Suleimani was appointed as commander of the force in 1997.
Where the force generating those threats is a widespread, self-sustaining, and virulent social movement?
President Eisenhower sent the 101st Airborne Division to force Faubus to admit the students to Central High School.
But he admired Hester, and the more she slighted him the more he was determined to force her to like him.
A force exuded from him; indeed, he seemed neither young nor old.
Yet for a vivid decade or so, sleaze was, somewhat paradoxically, a force for literacy and empowerment.
He would take her in spite of that; overpower her; force her to go.
He cannot imagine a more salutary mode of exhausting his force.